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Benefits of being in European Union

Sir – David Barnby (last week’s Gazette Letters) paints a very bleak picture of Britain’s role within the European Union, no doubt hoping to boost the prospects of UKIP ahead of May’s important European Parliamentary elections.

What Mr Barnby fails to mention is that over 40 per cent of British trade is with our European neighbours and pulling out of Europe would jeopardise this trade and our ability to write the rules and set the standards we expect to govern this trade. Britain’s trade in this market accounts for nearly 3.5 million British jobs.

Our membership of the EU also means we benefit from laws negotiated with other countries which give us stronger consumer protection, health and safety protection at work, environmental safeguards and the right to the same level of treatment all across Europe as we would expect at home.

Perhaps Mr Barnby would do better to focus his efforts on improving UKIP’s appalling record at the European Parliament.

Three of UKIP’s MEPs have the worst attendance record of any British MEPs (who together already have the lowest attendance record of any national delegation).

They are very good, however, at claiming all their parliamentary expenses.

Comments

Being a member of the EEC(common Market) as before,maybe,yes.
Our government and ourselves, being ruled ie told what to do by the Brussels europrats.
a big NO.

Being a member of the EEC(common Market) as before,maybe,yes.
Our government and ourselves, being ruled ie told what to do by the Brussels europrats.
a big NO.skcollob

Being a member of the EEC(common Market) as before,maybe,yes.
Our government and ourselves, being ruled ie told what to do by the Brussels europrats.
a big NO.

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10:33pm Tue 14 Jan 14

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The UK nation is now threatened with destruction from Europe for the THIRD time in 100 years.This time it is the most serious threat that Britain has EVER had because most of the British public do not know about the threat.
British people have never properly been informed about the deliberate destruction of the British way of life by the UK being a member of the EU. For over 40 years UK POLITICIANS AND MEDIA have hidden the truth and lied about the true purpose of the EU which is for Europe to become a "United States Of Europe" when Britain will become only a region (Note: not a country) of the United States of Europe.
TO SUPPORTERS OF BRITAIN BEING IN THE EU
Do you REALLY know what a United States Of Europe means ?
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UK political parties are now so similar they offer voters no real choice because all will keep the UK in the EU yet only outside the EU can the UK stop the total destruction of ALL of the British way of life that the country faces. The British public have historically voted in less and less numbers because there was no choice. Voters now have a very real alternative choice that is completely different from the 3 main parties by voting UKIP. UKIP is the ONLY party that genuinely believes in putting Britain first and for Britain not to be a REGION (note: NOT a country) of an EU federal state.
ONLY UKIP will give the power to the British people to REGAIN self-government by leaving the EU.
ONLY BY VOTING FOR UKIP will the UK leave the EU.
HELP UKIP in their fight to keep Britain an independant sovereign nation by JOINING UKIP and VOTING UKIP
JOIN UKIP and VOTE UKIP - the only way out.gatfer

The UK nation is now threatened with destruction from Europe for the THIRD time in 100 years.This time it is the most serious threat that Britain has EVER had because most of the British public do not know about the threat.

British people have never properly been informed about the deliberate destruction of the British way of life by the UK being a member of the EU. For over 40 years UK POLITICIANS AND MEDIA have hidden the truth and lied about the true purpose of the EU which is for Europe to become a "United States Of Europe" when Britain will become only a region (Note: not a country) of the United States of Europe.

TO SUPPORTERS OF BRITAIN BEING IN THE EU
Do you REALLY know what a United States Of Europe means ?
http://tinyurl.com/n
z9fft7
http://tinyurl.com/o
fxja97
http://tinyurl.com/a
x9ztsl
http://tinyurl.com/p
sg8ma7
http://tinyurl.com/o
58q984
http://tinyurl.com/o
qrgt7j

UK political parties are now so similar they offer voters no real choice because all will keep the UK in the EU yet only outside the EU can the UK stop the total destruction of ALL of the British way of life that the country faces. The British public have historically voted in less and less numbers because there was no choice. Voters now have a very real alternative choice that is completely different from the 3 main parties by voting UKIP. UKIP is the ONLY party that genuinely believes in putting Britain first and for Britain not to be a REGION (note: NOT a country) of an EU federal state.
ONLY UKIP will give the power to the British people to REGAIN self-government by leaving the EU.

ONLY BY VOTING FOR UKIP will the UK leave the EU.

HELP UKIP in their fight to keep Britain an independant sovereign nation by JOINING UKIP and VOTING UKIP
JOIN UKIP and VOTE UKIP - the only way out.

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